Jake's Corner

JOSE CANSECO recently lost a finger AND a fiancée. He had the finger reattached, and now he's looking to correct the other problem . . . by hitting on SHANIA TWAIN. Earlier this week, Jose Tweeted, quote, "Shania Twain, want to get married? We were supposed to meet when I played for the Blue Jays in 1998." Then he sent her a SHIRTLESS picture. He ended up deleting the Tweets. Not that they would have worked. Shania married her second husband in 2011

TRACY MORGAN is still trying to recover from that horrific accident over the summer. On Wednesday, he was spotted using a walker while going into a New Jersey post office with his fiancée.

Someone shot video, and asked Tracy how he's doing. He said he was, quote, "Fighting every day."

Britney Spears's new beau, Charlie Ebersol, got a big thumbs-up from her family, but Charlie's mom isn't feeling the love for the Britney. According to Radar Online, Susan Saint James “cannot believe that her son is getting serious with Britney. All Charlie’s mother has ever wanted is for him to get married and have children. She just doesn’t think Britney is the right choice. [His father] thinks it is great to see his son happy, but Susan wants him to be with someone less famous."

Sources say JOHNNY DEPP and AMBER HEARD are cooling off a little . . . because she's TOO WILD. There was a time when that would seem absurd, but Johnny is 51 and a dad . . . while Amber is 28 and a pretty free spirit. A source says, quote, "Amber flirts and has many different kinds of relationships. She is not really ready to settle down."

MARIAH CAREY sang "All I Want for Christmas Is You" at last night's Christmas tree lighting in New York City . . . and she BUTCHERED IT. But hey . . . at least she was actually SINGING, which rarely happens anymore. Mariah could have avoided all this. She was actually supposed to pre-record the performance Tuesday night, but she left everyone waiting for THREE HOURS. TMZ says she was busy talking to her DIVORCE ATTORNEY, while E! Online says she didn't want to perform because it was raining. She did eventually show up, but by then, they just sent her home.

A German zookeeper says Justin Bieber purchased an endangered baby monkey illegally on the black market, and then neglected it so badly that it required intensive care. The zookeeper adopted his abandoned monkey, Mally, and said, 'I would not like to meet Justin Bieber because I would not have pleasant things to say to him.’ She explained, 'Mally was frightened [when he arrived], he was alone, he was disoriented and we did not know how things would work out for him. He needed to be cared for constantly.'

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin tied the knot just two months ago, but the honeymoon may already be over -- because she's backing off from a plan to start a family right away. A friend of the longtime bachelor actor tells the National Enquirer, “George feels a little like he’s a victim of a bait and switch. He wants a child right away, but Amal would like a year to adjust to her marriage and newfound fame before dealing with a pregnancy or the red tape of a complicated international adoption.”

At a UN conference on violence against women, TERI HATCHER teared up as she talked about being molested by an uncle when she was 7. She said, quote, "I was convinced it was my fault and I blamed myself for what had happened, so I didn't tell anyone and I was silent." In 2002, Teri helped get her uncle sent to prison for 14 years, after one of his other victims committed suicide.

RAY RICE says he made a "horrendous mistake" not apologizing to his wife JANAY at a press conference after video of him knocking her unconscious hit the Internet. He's also worried that when their daughter is old enough to Google his name, that's the first thing that's going to come up.

The Kim Kardashian / Kanye West wedding photo is the most-liked post on Instagram for 2014 . . . and of ALL TIME, for that matter. It's got 2.4 million likes. Coming in second is a picture of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez with 1.9 million likes. It's followed by a shot of Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus, which has 1.8 million.

According to the National Enquirer, Bruce Jenner is close to signing a mega-deal to spill the beans about his life, his sexuality and his reality-show trainwreck of a family. A source close to Bruce says that he's got a number of secrets up his sleeve and claims that he could get a whopping $15 million in the deal.

Less than two weeks ago, there was speculation that SCARLETT JOHANSSON was secretly married . . . because she had some extra bling on her ring finger. Well, it turned out to be TRUE. Scarlett and her fiancé ROMAIN DAURIAC secretly married in Montana on October 1st . . . a month after Scarlett gave birth to their daughter Rose. A source says, quote, "They kept the wedding a big secret because they both wanted privacy."

SNOOKI makes a lot more money than her new husband JIONNI LAVALLE . . . but if they ever split up, she's going to leave it to a judge to decide who gets what. Sources say Snooki REFUSED to make Jionni sign a prenup, even though her advisers told her to.

In addition to playing Batman, CHRISTIAN BALE and GEORGE CLOONEY have something else in common: They've both had their battles with the tabloids. But they have a different approach to handling it. While George has been fighting the paparazzi, and speaking out about the importance of privacy, Christian says he should just LET IT GO. He tells the "Wall Street Journal", quote, "It doesn't matter that he talks about it. It's like, come on, guys, just shut up. Just get on with it . . . live your lives, and stop whining about it. I prefer not to whine about it."

At 53 years of age, SUSAN BOYLE has her first boyfriend. He's a doctor from Connecticut and she met him in Florida while she was on tour. She won't reveal his identity, but she says, quote, "We are around the same age and he was a very nice guy."

NICOLE "SNOOKI" POLIZZI married her baby-daddy JIONNI LAVALLE Saturday in a ridiculously overblown ceremony inspired by "The Great Gatsby", that included a wedding party of 32, plus 500 guests. Their 2-year-old son Lorenzo walked down the aisle, while their baby daughter Giovanna was pushed in a stroller.

A while back, SHIA LABEOUF did an "art" project, where he sat silently in a room . . . while people came in, and did or said whatever they wanted to him. Now, Shia reveals that one woman took off his clothes and RAPED him. He says it was "painful" because HIS girlfriend was outside, and she heard about what happened. On the other hand, though, he could have stopped it, and didn't.

BURT REYNOLDS is selling off almost 700 items next month, including a jacket and shirt he wore in "Smokey and the Bandit 2", football helmets from both versions of "The Longest Yard", vehicles, artwork, sports memorabilia . . . and LEATHER CHAPS. Sadly, he needs the money.